Clemson looks good with Djitte after meeting

By Phil Kornblut

Clemson head coach Brad Brownell and assistant coach Earl Grant met Thursday with 6-10 Sidy Mohamed Djitte of Senegal and Northwood Temple Prep in Fayetteville, NC and the Tigers are in strong position at this point. “It went real well,” said coach Chris Lattimer. “It went a little over two hours. They really formed a bond with Sidy. They were just hanging out. It was just wonderful. Lot of good vibes. He really likes Clemson. He’s a real big fan of Brownell and Grant and their engineering program.” Mohamed Djitte has set an April 12th date for his official visit to Clemson. He also wants to visit Old Dominion. ODU has also been in and he has been there unofficially. Auburn and Ohio State have also been strong with him.

Clemson also has offered 6-10 PF Ibrahim Djambo of Three Rivers JC in Missouri. Brownell was by recently for a visit with him. He has set official visits with Loyola Chicago, Saint Louis and Southern Illinois. He averaged 18 points and 9 rebounds per game this season.

OL Parker Boudreaux of Orlando reports an amazing total of over 70 offers at this point. About 15 of those programs have separated from the pack and Clemson is firmly in that group. Boudreaux visited Clemson last season for the North Carolina game and raved about the experience. He is returning this Saturday for a junior day and will bring...

OL Luke Elder of LaGrange, GA holds offers from about 15 schools including USC and Clemson. Some of his other offers are Ole Miss, Cal, Mississippi State, North Carolina, Tennessee, Louisville, Georgia Tech, Missouri, Florida State and Vanderbilt. He doesn't yet have favorites but he plans to formulate a top 10 or in the near future, and he...

Clemson holds its second junior day for the 2016 recruiting season this Saturday and one of the invitees is Bamberg-Ehrhardt OL Drew Wilson (6-4 290). Clemson has had a lot of success attracting top talent from the Red Raiders' program over the years and Wilson is another drawing the Tigers' interest according to assistant coach and recruiting...

OL John Simpson of Fort Dorchester won his first 4A heavyweight wrestling championship over the weekend. His wrestling season limited the amount of football recruiting travel he could get in over the past couple of months, but Simpson is ready to move forward with that now.

AC Flora WR Denzel Johnson made more improvement on his last ACT and according to his coach should be qualified at the end of May as long as there’s no slippage in his regular grades. And that possibly will mean Johnson suiting up for Clemson this fall.